When medical errors have occurred, physicians at different levels of training face various pressures imposed by the culture and hierarchy of medicine, risk management, and malpractice liability systems. Despite these pressures, the preferred course of action, professionally and ethically, is to disclose mistakes to patients.

Researchers have attempted to identify excessive Internet use and video game playing and have sought to classify it as an addiction.

Wellness programs and health plan incentives may not be effective means for combating addiction and other lifestyle-related conditions.

Physicians have a responsibility to assess elderly patients for conditions that could affect their ability to drive safely and to be familiar with state laws that govern physician duty to report impaired drivers.

When patients request drugs for nonmedical reasons, the most effective intervention may be to explore with the patient his or her reasons for using drugs to make lifestyle changes.

Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical.

How to resolve conflicts between hospital policy and the treatment recommendations for an individual patient.

How to resolve conflicts between hospital policy and the treatment recommendations for an individual patient.

A discussion of the ethical and medical considerations of pregnancy for women who have undergone organ transplantation.